Noosa stabbing accused faces court

A woman accused of stabbing a Noosa shopping centre security guard in the chest with a kitchen knife did not apply for bail when she faced court yesterday.

Amanda Rae George, 31, was sporting an obvious black right eye as she sat in the prisoner’s dock of Maroochydore Magistrates Court during her brief appearance.

The slender woman was charged with committing an act intended to cause grievous bodily harm and unlawful wounding.

A 30-year-old security officer, employed by the Bay Village Shopping Centre, was seriously injured when the knife’s blade pierced the left side of his chest and punctured several organs.

The security guard was not employed by Rolling Rock, as previously reported, and the assault was in no way connected with the nightclub, the Daily has learnt.

The club said while Ms George was a previous patron of The Rolling Rock, she had not attended the venue on the night of the incident, which took place well away from the club, near the Hastings Street entrance to the shopping centre.

The court heard Ms George had an outstanding warrant for not paying a fine of $537.80 in Victoria.

Alicia Thomas, from Greenhalgh Pickard Solicitors, asked the court to convert the fine into the default five days in prison which the court ordered.

Ms George was remanded in custody until the case returns to court in June. An unpaid fine from Victoria was converted into prison time.